The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-04-29
NEWS AND OTHER NOTINGS.

have suffered from drouth are improving
the crops and the distress is now over.
The body of Edward Reilly, of shenan.
doah, aged 10 years, was found in the noun
tain by hunter late last week. He had evil
dentIy died of exposure.
oil has been struck in she Zoar Valley,
Chautauqua county, New York, and efforts
are being made by parties from Bradford
and other oil centers to lease all available
land.
"A Mercer county uan some time ago
gave formal notice that his wife had eloped
with one Daniel Metz, and now Mez comes
back with bill for boardin. her dun ne her
stay with him.
After brisk fight at Missouri CITY, five
manufacturers of counterfeit coin that has
been largely distributed about Western Mis-
sonri have been jailed. The leader of the
coipers and two others escaped
-Jsmrs Murphy. aged twenty-five years
ard single, WAS working on the Cumberland
Valley Railroad 5Tidge over the Susq uehan-
ma River. near Harrisburg, Sunday, when a
heavy br M fru upon him and injured him
20 badly tuat he died a few hours later.
-Jsmes Nixon, "A farmer, OF Gar
monsyiEle Pa, who had no faith IN banks
was decoyed frOm his house last week by
two men and a confederate robbed the pace
of nearly Sc OOO, which ne had secIeted
He discovered tue loss TO day aud reported
to the police.
Saturday was pay day at the mines at
Duck pouo, Luzsrne county. One hundred
HungaTans got beastIy drunk and general
riot followed. Gs orVe Kelkery had MS
heart cut out by tvo ferow c, untrymeB
A dozen other m-u were BADLY cut, two, it
is believed, fatally
"A missing draft tor seventv-fve thou
sand dollars, supposed to have been mailed
by The Dunn Brothers, of Philadelphia to.
the American ExchaUee National bank, of
New York. was found in the office Of the
Dunn Brothers at Philadelphia on Monday,
and the postoffi ce investigation at once
ceased
The Riverside Hotel at Chicago, was
totally destroyed BY fire on Saturday, caus-
ing loss of 500 OOc. The insurance is
merely nominal There were Is families
aud 20 guests in the house, but all escaped
Injury. The Riverside was a great struc
ture of frame bull: to accommodate summer
seekers. When Gage. as City Treasurer,
failed, it sank into comparative insignifi
canoe
AT meeting nf the Miners and La
bOTers' Amalgamaied association at Sha-
mOkiD. on Monday it was decided 20 demand
an advance of ten per cent. in wages, to
take fleet on the ID ST May, agreeing at the
same time to give the coal companies until
May 9th to accede TO their demand. The
men expect refusal and are prepared to
strike. Il is generally the opinion that the
Schuylkii county miners will join in the
demand.
Samuel d. Conner, a stepson of Gen
William Lilly, a wealthy coal operator OF
Mauch Chunk, and prominent in the Repub-
lican politics of this State, was married on
Friday in Camden, n. j.. to Miss Kate R.
Moffet. About noon on Saturday, he went
to the Monument Cemetery and fired a bullet
Into his head. He died in a few minutes
No cause can be assigned for the act Con.
ner Tad not long since been engaged in
mining in the West. He was about forty-
five years of age and was rather handsome
man. His widow is twenty-fOur years old
"A three-year- daughter of Mrs.
Walsh, of Scranton, Pa. was burned to
death on Monday morning. AT er the father
attend to some matters in the yard. Pres
emily she heard the shrieks of one of the chill.
dren and. Fastening to the house, found it
full of smoke. The bedroom Yves on fire
and her little daughter burned almost to a
crisp. 1t is supposed that after the mother
had left the bed the little one reached to a
stand near by and obtained a box of
matches, with which she set her clothing on
fire.
Friday night an old man was locked up
in Washington polce-statiOn who gave
the name of Count Zawaski, or Warsaw,
Poland. His papers were examined and
substantiated his statements. He was born
in 1871, served in the French army under
Napoleon l., was exiled for conspiracy,
came to this country with Kossuth and re.
sided for time in this city. He served sew
eral years as drill master at West Point.
When the civil war broke out he enlisted
and served in a Pennsylvania regiment.
BE is seeking admission to the Soldiers
Home at the capital
Mrs. Elizabeth Goetsch. who lives in the
third story of No. 13O Dudley street, Jersey
City, went out shopping Friday afternoon,
leaving her three-year-od son, Albert alone
the little fellow, who had climbed up the
window, noticed her on the street when she
was within few feet of the house, and be-
gan waving his hands to her. The mother
had barely noticed the child when it lost its
balance and fell from tie window With a
shrek she rushed forward and put out her
hands to catch it. but 1t slipped through
them and was instantly killed. The mother
tainted.
On Saturday morning a freight train
coming up the heavy grade at Beaver Can /
yOn, Idaho, with sixteen cars of merchan-
disc, coal, wood and ties, became uncoupled
from the engine. Conductor Lowry and the /
brakeman began setting the hand brakes, /
but could not stop the cars. They went /
down the canyon at frighttul rate of speed |
for oyer three miles when the cars Jumped
the track, going over the precipice to the
rocks below. Conductor Isaac Lowry had |
both legs broken and died soon afterwards.
The brakeman miraculously escaped with
Slight iDiurias Fourtaap parc opd